PROTECTING BABY SEA TURTLES – Personnel of the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) prepare to release the four sea turtle hatchlings they found crawling at the beach in Lingayen last week to the sea. A nest with almost a hundred egg shells and six unhatched eggs were found…
By Rex Catubig YOU could never catch my mother without makeup. Or at least without a penciled eyebrow and red lipstick. It’s a vanity routine she had to do that made her day complete. But it was something that for a young boy was both penance and punishment. It…
IT’S TALONG FESTIVAL IN VILLASIS AGAIN – Elementary students of Villasis clad in colorful retro costumes perform a group dance during the field demo, one of the featured events of Talong Festival 2024. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
UNLISERBISYO …ni MAYOR BELEN FERNANDEZ AKO po ay nakikiisa sa pagbubukas ng 2024 DIVISION SCHOOLS PRESS CONFERENCE sa ating lungsod, ang taunang aktibidad para sa ating mga young journalists. Tiwala po ako na kayo ang magsisilbing tagapaghatid ng katotohanan bilang mga susunod na media men and women ng kinabukasan. Para…
MAN-MADE FLOODING IN THE CITY – Dagupeños were confused. It was hot in the city. No rains, no typhoon were experienced in the Dagupan City for days but the city’s main thoroughfares were flooded, some were knee-deep, some were chest-deep. Little did they know the flooding was caused by a digging…
WHILE the citizenry continues to grapple with the seeming endless rounds of increases in prices of commodities, incumbent national and local officials and political wannabes are already busy gearing for the next political fight of their lives. The 2025 elections are just around the corner. The bells are already ringing…
‘Gen. Douglas MacArthur’ wades through the Blue Beach in Bonuan. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka) THE landing of General Douglas MacArthur in the Bonuan shoreline on January 9, 1945 was reenacted 79 years later with a tall student from the University of Luzon playing the role of the American general, sporting the khaki…
SURVIVING WWII VETERANS — The 12 of 37 surviving veterans of World War II listen and watch Gov. Ramon Guico III pay tribute to their courage and heroism during the Pangasinan Veterans Day Celebration at the Veterans Memorial Park in Lingayen town. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
ALL IN A DAY’S WORK FROM THE SEA — Fishermen slowly pull their nets as they catch fish along the beach in Lingayen Monday morning. (Punchphoto by Cesar Ramirez)
By Rex Catubig YEARS ago, a friend of mine took me to an impromptu whirlwind spiritual tour in the heart of Metro Manila. In what felt like a modern-day ferry across the innards of the city, and after enduring apocalyptic traffic, touring the St Jude church and the Padre…
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